François Bonvin

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François Bonvin
1817-1887
Breton Woman Spinning (Fileuse bretonne)
Charcoal, with white chalk, on paper.
11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (286 x 210 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Hamilton Robinson, Jr., and of Sally and Howard Lepow.
2000.6
Provenance: 
Laurent Laperlier; his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 11-13 April 1867, no. 138; Victor Boulanger; his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 19 February 1880, no. 10 (?); Petiet; Flavia Ormond Fine Arts Limited, London.
Associated names: 

Laperlier, Laurent, former owner.
Boulanger, Victor, former owner.
Robinson, Hamilton, donor.
Lepow, Howard, donor.
Lepow, Sally, donor.

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